Latest News Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Australia, Canada and New Zealand in September 2017 Jan 26, 2018 International visitors’ spending in Japan exceeded 4 trillion JPY in total in 2017 Jan 24, 2018 Japanese overseas travelers up 4.5% in 2017, reaching 17.89 million Jan 23, 2018 International visitors to Japan reached 28.7 million in 2017, including 7 million from the top market China Jan 22, 2018 ANA Sales and TripAdvisor tie up to provide word of mouth for hotels on the overseas travel booking site Jan 20, 2018 H.I.S. joins a platform to prevent unfair travel purchase on e-commerce Jan 18, 2018 Comparison of the top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in October 2017 Jan 18, 2018 JATA Chairman says the travel market will keep having good signs for growth Jan 17, 2018 Japan Tourism Agency requests private accommodation platforms to remove illegal listings before the new law is enforced Jan 16, 2018 Osaka Tourism and a H.I.S. group company collaborate for more Asian tourists Jan 13, 2018 NTT docomo to offer free SIM cards to international visitors in tie-ups with local governments Jan 12, 2018 Baidu Japan announces Osaka as most searched prefecture by Chinese travelers Jan 11, 2018 Nanba/Shinsaibashi: Kansai's most popular area among international visitors arriving at Kansai Airport Jan 11, 2018 JNTO President makes New Year’s remarks: “Making a leap to a tourism advanced country” Jan 09, 2018 Smart phone ownership in Japan is the lowest among six important countries Dec 28, 2017 4.6% more Japanese overseas travelers in November 2017, up to 1.54 millions; up 4.8% so far for 2017 Dec 28, 2017 26% more international visitors to Japan in November 2017, up to 26.16 million so far in 2017 Dec 28, 2017 15% increase in FY2018 tourism budget draft, up to JPY 29.4 billion Dec 26, 2017 JTB forecasts 12.3% more international travelers to Japan in 2018, reaching 32 million Dec 26, 2017 Japan is the worst country in the paid holiday acquisition rate ranking Dec 22, 2017 Booking.com ties up with Rakuten to enter the private accommodation market of Japan Dec 21, 2017 The number of Japanese travelers booking on smart phones doubled during the past four years Dec 21, 2017 JPY 1,000 per departure: collected as departure tax from January 7, 2019 Dec 19, 2017 Free rental smart phone ‘handy’ delivers local tourist information to international guests staying in a hotel of Miyagi Prefecture Dec 15, 2017 38% of Japanese travelers check 3 bookings sites before booking a hotel - KAYAK survey Dec 15, 2017 JTB forecasts Japanese overseas travelers may reach a 700,000 record high during the 2018 New Year holidays Dec 14, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in September 2017 Dec 13, 2017 The first Henn-na Hotel in Tokyo will open soon, targeting both business travelers and international visitors Dec 12, 2017 Relux, Japanese online accommodation booking service, was selected as partner for Facebook Customer Chat Plugin Dec 08, 2017 Internet users on smart phones: more than 60 million Japanese in the first half of 2017 Dec 08, 2017 Security, notably terrorist attacks, is the highest concern of young Japanese overseas travelers Dec 07, 2017 Comparison of the top 5 Japanese travel agents' results in September 2017 Dec 05, 2017 Rakuten launches Rakuten STAY branding & outsourcing services for private accommodation owners Dec 05, 2017 An IoT hostel sells a package plan with prepaid SIM service to international travelers Dec 01, 2017 JTB improves its half-year financial results for FY2017 thanks to its overseas package tour brand LOOK JTB Dec 01, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in September 2017 Nov 30, 2017 Japan's most satisfactory luxury hotel is Imperial Hotel, for two years in a row Nov 28, 2017 Skyscanner search now covers direct accommodation booking in Japan for more convenience Nov 28, 2017 South Korean travelers visiting Japan prefer online bookings, LCC flights and traveling in the countryside Nov 24, 2017 12.4% of all international visitors stay in private accommodations in Japan Nov 24, 2017 International visitors to Japan up 21.5% in October 2017 and up 18.3% so far in 2017 Nov 21, 2017 Japanese overseas travelers up 0.1% to 1.46 millions in October 2017 and up 4.9% so far in 2017 Nov 21, 2017 Customer satisfaction ranking for 2017 - Ikyu.com gets back on top in the travel category, and JAL is at the top for international aviation Nov 17, 2017 ANA, Peach and Airbnb form a partnership to create new travel styles for the Japanese Nov 16, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in September 2017 Nov 15, 2017 Departure tax of 1,000 JPY or less to be imposed on travelers departing from Japan including Japanese citizens Nov 14, 2017 JAL revises its consolidated financial forecasts up for FY2017 Nov 11, 2017 ANA increases both its consolidated revenue and income in the first half of FY2017 (until 30 September) Nov 10, 2017 Double-digit growth of International guest nights in July 2017, with a continuous high occupancy rate in Osaka Nov 08, 2017 MICE events in Japan up 9.8% in 2016; more than 200,000 international attendees for the first time Nov 08, 2017
